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In so doing, this volume answers key questions related to these movements. What logic drives them? What forms do they take? What has been their political impact? Can we speak of a resurgence of social movements? If so, are these a response to the crisis of ‘representative democracy’? Did they give rise to new forms of expression and democratic participation? What challenges do they bring?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscontent vis-à-vis liberalism in its political and economic dimensions seems to be the trigger of the numerous popular uprisings and protests that occur in the region. 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His recent research work deals with the history of the word ‘democracy’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eContributing authors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIbrahim Abdullah – Souley Adji – Kojo Opoku Aidoo – Francis Akindès – Alpha Amadou Bano Barry – Fernando Leonardo Cardoso – Lila Chouli – Modou Diome – Moussa Fofana – Cláudio Alves Furtado – George Klay Kieh Jr – Claus-Dieter König – Severin Yao Kouamé – Fodé Mane – Issa N’Diaye – Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem – Ndongo Samba Sylla\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDr Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He has previously worked as a technical advisor at the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal. He is currently a Research and Programme manager at the West Africa office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Dakar). He has been four times world champion of French-speaking Scrabble. 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Lee Wengraf tells this story within the context of an imperial rivalry between the United States and China, two global superpowers that have expanded their economic and military presence across the continent. Extracting Profit is incisive, powerful, and necessary: If you read one book about the modern scramble for Africa, and what it means for all of us, make it this one.\" —Anand Gopal, author, No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Thorough and thoughtful, Wengraf's book has a radical depth that underscores its significance. 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They hope to stay in the race and be treated on an equal footing with a Europe … In a word, colonization is draped in new clothes, but its consequences are the same as ever for people, for women, children and men who sometimes have no other way out than to flee a daily life that kills them. This is an important book for understanding these conditions.\" Mireille Fanon-Mendes-France, Frantz Fanon Foundation\/Fondation Frantz Fanon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Migrants die of thirst in the Sonoran desert, drown in the Mediterranean, are murdered by gangs in Libya and Mexico, and disappear forever in doomed journeys that leave no trace.  When we speak of immigration policies in rich countries today, we are really speaking about complicity in mass murder.   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To read this work during the coronavirus pandemic is to recognize Yasmin’s prescience, and her ability to unpack how disease intersects with prejudice, race, myth, and poverty.\" —The Millions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If God is a Virus proves that poetry and public health together make and contain medical language, which makes the language of an epidemic more visible, more veracious. What breaks through is a voice of interiority telling us what’s not told about our bodies and what it means to function.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Janice Sapigao, poet laureate, Santa Clara County, author of like a solid to a shadow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a time of heartbreak and devastation due to the world pandemic, Seema Yasmin’s brilliant If God Is a Virus takes a timely and critical look at disease and its sociopolitical contexts, including multi various forms of domination and hubris: colonization, White supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism. This is a necessary book for our times. Read it and be changed.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Cathy Linh Che, author of Split, executive director Kundiman \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seema Yasmin’s fantastic hybrid poetry collection overthrows the dry mindlessness of scientific halls, their power points and false Gods in the face of racism and global domination. God is a virus, and she teaches us to see through data while teaching us to love.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Fady Joudah, author of Tethered to Stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One always wants a poem to have such high stakes, wants a book to feel inevitable, that it couldn't have been written and that no one else but the poet could have written it, so unique to an individual experience it is. Well, this is such a book. And only Seema Yasmin could have written it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Kazim Ali, author of The Voice of Sheila Chandra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In her hands, a sole headline in Scientific American becomes a poem, as does the Hippocratic oath, the Broca's region. Every journalist should read this book, every doctor, every patient. Gird your heart, though, she’s on a mission to break it with her tongue.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Lulu Miller, co-host of Radiolab and author of Why Fish Don't Exist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dr Seema Yasmin writes so evocatively, patiently, in her debut book of poetry, If God Is A Virus. While reading this book waves of feeling seen ruptured through me multiple times. Yasmin plucks words so precisely that their mere utterance causes a deep, deep recognition. She is also embodying the Golden Age of Islam, where poets were physicians and physicians were poets, using the divine to understand mankind and its art-making, challenging what lies within the psyche, as well as the heart. This book is a revelation, I am grateful for both its lucidity and profundity.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Fariha Róisín Hasan, author of Like A Bird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was blown away by this collection. Profound and poignant, it illuminates so much of the grief, outrage, and raw humanity that accompany epidemics, and that manifest within the people who have to deal with them.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Ed Yong, science journalist for The Atlantic, author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In If God Is a Virus, Seema Yasmin approaches describing viruses with an unusual combination of humility and confidence for such a nearly impossible task. She achieves what journalistic and scientific writing often fails to do: to sketch viruses with a sense of wonder. But Dr. Yasmin asks and poetically answers another question: if God is a virus, perhaps we must stop thinking of our relationship with viruses as 'us' and 'them,' and understand that we are viruses, and they are us?\"\u003cbr\u003e—Steven W. Thrasher, PhD, professor and author of The Viral Underclass: How Racism, Ableism and Capitalism Plague Humans on the Margins\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40366304624733,"sku":"9781642594591","price":22.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/IfGodIsaVirus_cover-f_medium-2faa85750a9fb421c399db9af520b7f0.jpg?v=1659470868"},{"product_id":"politics-at-a-distance-from-the-state-radical-and-african-perspectives","title":"Politics at a Distance from the State: Radical and African Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor decades, most anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements identified radical change with capturing state power. The collapse of statist projects from the 1970s fostered both neo-liberalism and a global crisis of left and working-class politics. But it also opened space for rediscovering democratic, society-centered, and anti-capitalist modes of bottom-up change, operating at a distance from the state. This resurgent alternative has influenced the Zapatistas in Mexico, Rojava in Syria, Occupy, and independent unions and struggles worldwide around austerity, land, and the city. Its lineages include anarchism, syndicalism, autonomist Marxism, philosophers like Alain Badiou, and popular praxis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis pathbreaking volume helps recover this once sidelined politics, with a focus on South Africa and Zimbabwe. It includes a dossier of texts from a century of anarchists, syndicalists, radical unionists, and anti-apartheid activists in South Africa. Originating in an African summit of scholars, social movements, and anti-apartheid veterans, this book also features a preface from John Holloway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Yes, universities may produce assemblies which serve the people. So, in 2012 at Grahamstown, South Africa, did Rhodes University (despite the name), and in that service produced a people’s knowledge to transform the economic, material, social, family, political, educational, and spiritual institutions of capitalism at their core, without hierarchy, racism, oppression, or chauvinism of any kind. With sober care, practical acumen, and passionate eloquence the knowledge from that assembly is presented here. Absorb this knowledge and sense the future!” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkwMjAifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/peter-linebaugh\" title=\"Peter Linebaugh\"\u003ePeter Linebaugh\u003c\/a\u003e, coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e (with Marcus Rediker)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Capturing state power is regarded as the dominant means to achieving social transformation. This excellent collection challenges this prevailing perspective through examining societal and social movements in South Africa and Zimbabwe that have advocated and achieved tangible change from below without seizing state power. Kirk Helliker and Lucien van der Walt offer a compelling counternarrative that is indispensable to the literature on social movements.” Immanuel Ness, City University of New York, author of \u003cem\u003eOrganizing Insurgency: Workers’ Movements in the Global South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Moving beyond the disillusion and cynicism engendered by liberation movements of the global South which ‘triumphed’ and then betrayed everything they professed to hold dear, the contributors to this volume explore what could happen when and if ‘bottom-up’ labor, gender, and livelihood social movements stop lusting after the capture of state power. Mainly based in South African and Zimbabwean studies, the authors construct an exciting dialogue with the ideas of Mexico-based sociologist and philosopher John Holloway. Can there really be independent survival strategies against the twin malignancies of late capitalism and state turgidity? This is a must-read about the scope and health of 21st-century social formations, trying to walk new paths of equitable human flourishing.” Teresa Ann Barnes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of \u003cem\u003eUprooting University Apartheid in South Africa: From Liberalism to Decolonization \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the 1980s and ’90s, people who sought a world of equality, liberty, and socialism looked to Zimbabwe. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, after the fall of apartheid, even more looked towards South Africa. Tragically, the ruling parties in both countries—and which had led the liberation struggles in each—have proven epic failures and profound disappointments. Hence, it is high time to revisit historical social movements and more fully analyze recent ones that never placed their hopes in state power. This collection brings together fascinating research on the history of anarchist, community, rural, and worker movements from the early 20th century into the 21st that believe another world is possible.” Peter Cole, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/ben-fletcher-the-life-and-times-of-a-black-wobbly-second-edition\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBen Fletcher: The Life and Times of Black Wobbly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the light of the unfulfilled expectation of overcoming class and race inequality through state-centered national liberation movements and African state socialism this book edited by Kirk Helliker and Lucien van der Walt offers a fascinating insight into the seldom told history of alternative socialist currents in Southern Africa.” Dario Azzellini, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico, author of \u003cem\u003eIf Not Us, Who? 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This excellent collection of essays brings a welcome South African and Zimbabwean perspective on this debate and will be interest to all those seeking to learn from history rather than repeat it.” Iain McKay, editor of \u003cem\u003eDirect Struggle against Capital: A Peter Kropotkin Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirk Helliker\u003c\/strong\u003e is research professor in sociology at Rhodes University, South Africa, and director of its Unit of Zimbabwean Studies. His books include the edited \u003ci\u003eEveryday Crisis: Living in Contemporary Zimbabwe \u003c\/i\u003e(2021) and the authored \u003ci\u003eFast Track Land Occupations in Zimbabwe in the Context of the Zvimurenga \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), both in collaboration with Sandra Bhatasara and Manase Kudzai Chiweshe. 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L. R. James tells the history of the socialist revolution led by Kwame Nkrumah, the first president and prime minister of Ghana. Although James wrote it in the immediate post-independence period around 1958, he did not publish it until nearly twenty years later, when he added a series of his own letters, speeches, and articles from the 1960s. Although Nkrumah led the revolution, James emphasizes that it was a popular mass movement fundamentally realized by the actions of everyday Ghanaians. Moreover, James shows that Ghana’s independence movement was an exceptional moment in global revolutionary history: it moved revolutionary activity to the African continent and employed new tactics not seen in previous revolutions. Featuring a new introduction by Leslie James, an unpublished draft of C. L. R. 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Sakai work is grounded in Mao’s politics, anti-imperialism, and in a lifetime of hands-on activism; he has consistently focused on the relationship between “race” and “class” in the american context, from a perspective dedicated to abolishing the united states, capitalism, and white supremacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eSettlers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, however, Sakai has authored a number of other works, on subjects ranging from movement security, to the nature of the lumpen\/proletariat, to the rise of the far right, and much more. Several of these have been published in book-form by Kersplebedeb, others as zines, while others have only ever appeared on the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere in this book, for the first time, is presented a selection of writings by Sakai spanning a 40 year period, from 1983 to 2022. This includes three articles initially written anonymously for the anti-imperialist journal \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eS1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and an extensive interview that took place between 2020 and 2022, appearing here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Things to Come: Selected Writings \u0026amp; Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a weapons cache planted for people fighting for liberation in a world that is constantly becoming more dangerous. It provides tools and methodologies, examples both positive and negative, histories and insights, to help us to collectively struggle against a system that “as its most bottom­line autonomic reflex will rather arrange to kill us all than let us remake our lives communally\u003c\/span\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eGuide to Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Beginner’s Kata: Uncensored Stray Thoughts on Revolutionary Organization” (2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published as a zine, explores what revolutionaries think about organization and what the actual experience of revolutionary organization has been, and the chasm between the two. “When we first took this path, when we joined our lives with the struggle, we were conscious of knowing so very little. One good reason we were so attracted to this revolutionary organization or that one. Not only to find rads we could run with, but to find mentors and a busy hive of experience we hoped to take cues from. \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat never occurred to us is that those organizations might know next to nothing, too\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Notes Toward an Understanding of Capitalist Crisis \u0026amp; Theory” (2009)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published as a zine shortly following the 2008 financial meltdown, provides a brief overview of Marx’s views on capitalism’s crisis-prone nature and an exploration of whether these ideas are still useful to revolutionaries today. “It is reasonable to think that this general crisis is a turning point, an important stage in the protracted decline and fall of capitalism as a world system,” Sakai explains, reminding us that “What is an ‘emergency” is our need to orient ourselves in the crisis first of all. To seriously step up our political understanding, and thus our ability in the real world to help others make sense for themselves of a dramatically changing situation. A crisis for the capitalists is only great weather for us, because revolutionaries were made for crisis.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Aryan Politics \u0026amp; Fighting the W.T.O.” (2001)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously included in the book \u003cem\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Enemy’s Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, was written during the heyday of the “anti-globalization” movement. This text presciently identifies conservative and far-right tendencies amongst critics of global capitalism and shows how these were connected to the class complexion of the movement as a whole. This was the first in a series of texts Sakai authored calling attention to the rise of the far right both within the united states and internationally. It identified trends that were dismissed by most “progressives” at the time, but that would eventually help form the basis for the dramatic rise of the far right we have experienced over the past decade. “The anti­-WTO protests in Seattle were a radicalizing experience for many, on a tactical level. But on a larger scale, the Left has unacknowledged strategic problems with this issue. To sum it up simply, we have the problem that we may be helping to fuel the explosive growth of the Right and neo-fascism. And we have to think of refocusing to fight the Far Right in the anti-WTO struggle—just as we need to on every other contested terrain.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The Green Nazi: An Investigation into Fascist Ecology” (2007)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published as a zine, uses the fawning biography of leading Nazi Walther Darré by Dr Anna Bramwell as a window into the ways in which fascism employs concepts like “nature” to package what are in fact a racist class agenda. “R. Walther Darré and other Rightist Green politicians could be significant to new generations of neo-fascists, and not only because they give fascism a plausible claim to being the forefather of today’s ecology movement. Far from being a political innocent, Darré was if anything even more developed about his racial supremacy than Hitler, and was certainly more practical and strategic. ... His rural settler strategy is in tune with much of the white racist Far Right in the u.s. (no small coincidence, since like Adolf Hitler himself Darré used the u.s. white settler Western frontier as his genocidal model). It all pushes us to check out what words like ‘Green,’ ‘Nature,’ ‘ecology,’ and ‘peasant’ mean in our politics.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“When Race Burns Class: Settlers Revisited” (2000)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published as a zine, is an interview Sakai did with the Montreal-based group Solidarity. Answering basic questions about the book \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eSettlers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and drawing on experiences from his own life as an organizer, Sakai lays out some of the basic aspects of the relationship between “race” and “class” and the nature of the white working class in america. “Some people think that ‘settler’ is just a fancy way of saying ‘white people,’ and that it’s all just about racism anyway. Racism as we know it and settlerism both had their origins in capitalist colonialism, and are related but quite distinct. Settler-colonial societies started as invasion and occupation forces for Western capitalism, social garrisons usually in the Third World, as Western capitalism expanded out of Europe into the Americas, Afrika, and Asia.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Stolen at Gunpoint” (2003)\u003c\/strong\u003e is an interview conducted by Ernesto Aguilar on June 17, 2003; it originally aired on the Latino-culture program Sexto Sol on KPFT radio in Houston, Texas, and was subsequently published as an appendix to the 2014 PM Press\/Kersplebedeb edition of \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eSettlers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Aguilar and Sakai discuss the Chicano movement in the 1960s, the 1968 Poor People’s Convention in Washington DC, and more broadly what desettlerization means in the united states today. “People think I’m talking about race alone, that everything in Amerika is determined by race, and that’s not really what I’m saying. What I’m saying is that race in Amerika has been used as an identifier for capitalism to form and control classes, that race is not just a metaphor for class, but an identifier of class in real terms.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Beyond McAntiwar: Notes on Finding Our Footing in the Collapsing Stage Set of the u.s. Empire” (2005)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously unpublished, is an examination of developments in the capitalist world-system and the crisis of imperialism, in the context of the Bush presidency (2001-2009) and its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. “The Iraq wars don’t begin with oil, they begin in neo-colonial ‘Globalization.’ Iraq was invaded and Saddam’s local franchise was overthrown not for oil (and certainly not because of any threat that they posed to Saks Fifth Avenue). It was conquered just so that the Bush regime could do it. Not p.r. campaigns to justify a war—as radicals unthinkingly echo liberals in saying—but a war that is the p.r. campaign. As an advertisement to the Third World that the u.s. empire was still able to destroy any nation-state that opposed it...”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Theory Mao Tossed to Us” (2017)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published in the book \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe “Dangerous Class” and Revolutionary Theory: Thoughts On the Making pf the Lumpen\/Proletariat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, providing a quick overview of Mao’s approach to the lumpen\/proletariat in the context of the Chinese Revolution. “Like a hand grenade of ideas thrown from the distance into our skirmishes, when Mao’s iconic writings from the 1920s–30s were finally translated and widely disseminated here in the 1950s–60s, revolutionary theory on the lumpen\/proletariat underwent a major shift ... While appearing to follow the form of the Marx \u0026amp; Engels class analysis of the stormy petrel of the lumpen\/proletariat, Mao’s theoretical take represented a big remodeling job. A sharper turn, in fact, than i personally could hold onto or understand back then.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Pseudo­-Gangs” (1983)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published in \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eS1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, provides an overview of repressive measures carried out by the British against the Land and Freedom Armies in Kenya. While specifically examining the work of Brigadier General Frank Kitson and his “pseudo-gangs,” Sakai calls attention to the broader range of methods employed by the imperialist powers to keep Kenya trapped within neocolonialism. “Imperialism’s advantage in the war was a matter of professional strategy and modern organization; with these imperialism regained the strategic initiative. While there have been several books written by British officers implying that ‘pseudo­-gangs’ and Afrikan guerrillas ‘turning’ defeated the uprising, this is not true. ‘Pseudo-gangs’ were not primary in counter­insurgency, but only secondary. Their tactical importance in some situations can only be evaluated by first understanding the overall situation of counter-insurgency.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“From South Afrika to Puerto Rico to Mississippi“ (1983)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published in \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eS1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, is a quick snapshot exposing the work of one imperialist agent, Jay Mallin, the “Latin America\/Terrorism Editor” of \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoldier of Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. “While Washington denies any relationship to the armed white right, to ‘extremist’ groups such as the Minutemen, to mercenaries and \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoldier of Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, S.O.F. editor Jay Mallin has been welcome everywhere within the U.S. military. And welcome on an official basis. He has written on terrorism for the Marine Corps. At Fort Bragg’s U.S. Army Institute for Military Assistance (where the CIA and U.S. Special Forces give Latin Amerikan puppet soldiers counter-insurgency training), Mallin has been an invited lecturer. He has even taken part in seminars at the Pentagon.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“What Happened to the Zimbabwe Revolution” (1984)\u003c\/strong\u003e, previously published in \u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eS1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, is a detailed examination of how the anticolonial revolution was neutralized in Zimbabwe by the CIA-backed promotion of a neocolonial clique around Robert Mugabe, and the important part played in this process by liberal u.s. figures like Andy Young, W. Anthony Lake, and the Carter Administration. This study exposes neocolonialism’s range of repressive tools and its multifaceted approach to keeping peoples exploited and oppressed within the capitalist world-system. “It was symbolic when the Mugabe regime made the guerrillas turn in their AK-47s and Kalashnikov rifles. The fighters were retrained by British imperialist instructors as regular army units, and rearmed with the NATO rifles used by the former settler army. People’s Courts and other ties with the masses were ended; the fighters regrouped in new bases. They now are a standard capitalist army, living as parasites (soldiers earn three or four times what plantation laborers earn) whether they like it or not. Their role now is to police their own people. Again, we recall that in 1977 Andy Young said that the task in Zimbabwe was ‘dismantling the guerrilla army and retraining it to be a police force.’ For imperialism. This is the final success of neo-colonial subversion of the armed struggle.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The Shape of Things to Come”\u003c\/strong\u003e is an extensive (over 100 pages!) new interview with Sakai, conducted between 2020 and 2022, and presented here in two parts. 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No other book on the Third World—as a utopian idea and a global movement—can speak so effectively and engagingly to our troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A global romp . . . filled with revealing anecdotes . . . [and] a handy alternative history of our planet in the post-World War II era.” Amit Pal, \u003cem\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Why isn’t everybody astonished and inspired by the Third World Project? Prashad traces the creative connection of many specific struggles through solidarity forged by way of conferences and institutions, parties and revolutions. Though The Darker Nations charts the historical geography of a future that did not survive its adversaries, this lively book inspires curiosity about the here and now. Around the world people energize remnant infrastructures and fresh formations with shape, stretch, purpose, and so much beauty.” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkzNzAifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/ruth-wilson-gilmore\" title=\"Ruth Wilson Gilmore\"\u003eRuth Wilson Gilmore\u003c\/a\u003e, author of Abolition Geography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vijay Prashad is one of the great radical intellectuals of our times, and this book is essential reading for militants everywhere.” Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A wonderful, thoughtful, and stimulating book.” Paul Gilroy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Darker nations, brighter nations: this book helps to uncover the shining worlds hidden under official history and dominant media.” Eduardo Galeano\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Darker Nations is the first comprehensive political history of the Third World as a concept and as a project. 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Fúnez-Flores\u003c\/strong\u003e, Texas Tech University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhite Saviorism in International Development\u003c\/em\u003e is an important and timely book that should be read by all international development students and practitioners. — \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDylan Mathews\u003c\/strong\u003e, CEO Peace Direct, Chairperson CIVICUS Alliance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlivia Alaso with Wendy Namatovu vii\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Why White Saviorism?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKanakulya Dickson, Themrise Khan \u0026amp; Maïka Sondarjee 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THEORY AND PRACTICE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Indigenous Cultures and the Industrial-Colonial-Patriarchal White Savior Complex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarcelo Saavedra-Vargas 27\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Evaluation and the White Gaze in International Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadaf Shallwani and Shama Dossa 42\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 The Warrior Logic of the White Savior\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeila Benhadjoudja 63\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 The Matriarchy Complex: White Feminist Disruption in Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThemrise Khan 79\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 False Consciousness and the Phenomenology of White Saviorism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKanakulya Dickson 98\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Epistemological Underpinnings and Emancipatory Insights on White Saviorism in Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKizito Michael George 116\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Imposition and Reproduction of White Saviorism in Haiti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRose Esther Sincimat Fleurant 129\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 The White Saviorism, Corporate Sector and Land Rights in Central Uganda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Kakuru 140\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: LIVED EXPERIENCES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 White Saviorism, Green Colonialism and Sea Shepherd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFernando David Márquez Duarte 159\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Today as Yesterday, the ‘Savior Complex’ of Europeans\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnonymous 1 166\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 SUVs, Hotels and Faith: Experiences of White Privilege\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmjad Mohamed Saleem 173\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 Macaulayputras and the ‘Brown Saviors’ in the World Bank’s Advisory Services: A Story\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnonymous 2 181\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 ‘H’ is for Heroes With Hologram Haloes: A Testimony of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaviorism and Ministry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChongo Beverly Anne Mwila 191\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 The ‘Local’ and White Saviorism in the Caribbean\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJody-Ann Anderson 198\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 Protecting Daughters for Gender ‘Empowerment’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRadha Shah 209\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 The White Savior Complex in International Cooperation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInitiation Mandates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEddy Michel Yao 219\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: CONCLUSION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 The Common Threads of White Saviorism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThemrise Khan and Maïka Sondarjee 229\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAPPENDIX\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors 245\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\nJody-Ann Anderson is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on how institutions, like the police, can sustainably transform in contexts of increasing complexity. She has worked and currently works on various issues that include, but are not limited to, youth development, violence reduction, disaster risk reduction \/ climate change, White Saviorism, policing and security sector reform. She maintains hope for a peaceful and just world where all people, regardless of race, gender, citizenship, etc., can realize their full potential.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeila Benhadjoudja is an anti-racism feminist and holds a doctorate degree in Sociology. Her research focuses on racism and anti-racism in Quebec, and her main publications focus on Islamophobia and Muslim feminism. She is the co-founder of the Feminist Festival in Ottawa and works as a professor at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShama Dossa is Manager of Learning and Evaluation at Fenomenal Funds, a Feminist Funding Mechanism and associate professor in Social Development and Policy at Habib University, Karachi, Pakistan. She is a community development practitioner, researcher and academic with a specific interest in gender, disaster, reproductive health and rights in the Asia–Pacific region. Her work explores the link between theory and practice, drawing on arts-based and participatory methodologies. She is currently the Chair of the Board for Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Centre, one of Pakistan’s oldest feminist organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFernando David Márquez Duarte is a Mexican decolonial activist and thinker from the Abya Yala. He has a B.A. in International Relations with an Honorific Mention from UABC and an M.Sc. in Regional Development from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) with a CONACYT scholarship. He is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. Political Science program at the University of California Riverside (UCR) with a Fulbright García Robles scholarship and the Dean’s Fellowship. He has more than five years of teaching experience in different universities in México and the USA. Currently, he teaches at UCR. He has academic articles published in indexed journals of México, Brazil, Ecuador, Russia, Germany and the UK, and book chapters in México and Spain. He has advised and supported Indigenous groups such as the Triquis and Cucapáh Indigenous communities in Baja, California, México regarding Indigenous rights and political participation. He has also worked with the resistance in the defence of water in Baja, California, with a participatory action-research project. He is proficient in Spanish, English, Portuguese and Náhuatl languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKizito Michael GEORGE is a lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Kyambogo University. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in gender and development from the University of Bergen (Norway) and obtained a Ph.D. in development ethics from Makerere University in 2019. Dr. Kizito is a member of the American Philosophy Association (APA) and the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA). His research interests include development ethics, Pan-Africanism, White Saviorism, human rights, poverty eradication, gender, jurisprudence and African philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Kakuru is a lecturer of Human Rights in the Department of Philosophy, Makerere University, and holds a Ph.D. in Human Rights, a Master of Arts in Human Rights and a Bachelor of Development Studies. He has experience in lecturing \/ teaching, research and providing consultancy services. His core areas of teaching and research are natural resources and property rights, children’s rights, international and regional human rights regimes, research methods, human rights monitoring, evaluation and reporting and theories of human rights. His consultancy engagements include policy research, strategic planning and management, program development, management, monitoring and evaluation, organization management, capacity-building and training, transparency and accountability, organizational capacity assessments, program evaluations, systems analysis and development, programming and organizational resource mobilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKanakulya DICKSON (editor) is a lecturer at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, Makerere University. He holds a Ph.D. (Makerere, Uganda), Licentiate (Linköping, Sweden), M.A. Philosophy (Bergen, Norway) and B.A. (Makerere, Uganda). He has research interests in philosophy, ethics and governance. He has experience in collaborative research with national and international partners resulting in several publications. Dickson is co-editor of this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThemrise KHAN (editor) is an independent development professional with over 25 years of experience in international development, gender, social policy and global migration. She has worked with several bilateral and multilateral agencies and international civil society organizations globally. Her main expertise lies in leading qualitative thematic and policy research studies and summative and formative evaluations of development programming. She has published both academically and as a research practitioner, including for the University of Ottawa Press and Routledge, as well as global think tanks and development agencies, on issues ranging from development aid intervention in fragile states to female labor migration. She is also a regular writer of op-eds and thematic pieces for various print and online mediums on development assistance, migration and gender. She has degrees from York University, Canada, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She is based in Pakistan. Themrise is co-editor of this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChongo Beverly Anne MWILA is an intersectional feminist and driven communication and advocacy professional who has been actively involved in interventions for the empowerment and advancement of women, children and young people since her mid-teens in the early 2000s. Since 2012, she has worked extensively on USG, USAID, United Nations systems and other donor-funded programming for girls’ equitable access to education, advocacy efforts to increase all young people’s (including those living with disabilities) access to relevant Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and services, and capacity-building programs to reduce women’s socio-economic vulnerability to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and HIV. Chongo holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Simon Fraser University and began pursuing a master’s degree in development studies from the University of Lusaka in 2021. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, she is currently juggling communications-based consultancies for clients around gender and SRHR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarcelo Saavedra-Vargas has been a political advisor to the vice presidency of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), a representative in Canada of the Federation of Peasant Workers of the Department of La Paz–Tupaj Katari and president of the Peoples Support Group of the Americas (GAPA), Canada. He was a researcher for the North-South Institute (INS) and the Canadian Development Research Centre (IDRC), and a number of development-related non-government organizations (NGOs). He holds two bachelor’s degrees: one in economics, specializing in economic development, and one in communication studies, specializing in mass media development. He also holds a master’s degree in Diplomacy and a Ph.D. degree in International Relations from the Diplomatic Academy of Bolivia. He has been OPIRG leading elder and created the Indigenous Constitution exercise, anti(O)pression training, decolonization and indigenization workshops. He has been a professor at the University of Ottawa for the past 15 years and is currently teaching for the Institute of Indigenous Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmjad Mohamed SalEem is a political scientist with extensive knowledge of peace-building, humanitarian affairs and development work. He has a particular interest in interfaith engagement and a focus on South Asia. He is currently focused his work on decolonization, anti-racism and dealing with diversity and inclusion within the multilateral sector. He has worked for different organizations on peace-building and humanitarian action. He is a regular contributor to different media posts and an alumnus of the International Visitors Leadership Programme and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He has published in several journals, chapters in several books and published a book in 2008 entitled Lessons from Aceh. Amjad has an M.Eng. from Imperial College, London; an MBA from U21Global, Singapore; and a Ph.D. from Exeter University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRadha SHAH is a social anthropological researcher with a background in south Asian studies who has worked for non-profits in Canada, Pakistan and Hong Kong. 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Currently, Sadaf serves as Director of Learning and Evaluation at Firelight Foundation, where she plays a key role in the organization’s efforts to shift power closer to community-based organizations and their communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, embrace and operationalize community-driven systems change and support communities to develop and carry out their own Indigenous and participatory approaches to evaluation and learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRose Esther Sincimat Fleurant has been a professor at the Université d’État d’Haïti (UEH) for more than 15 years. She completed her doctoral studies in social sciences at the UEH and holds a DEA in Gender, Population and Development. She completed her master’s studies at the Faculty of Ethnology and has a degree in social communication. An expert \/ consultant in gender and local development, she has had a career in Haitian public administration. Committed to the fight for the respect of human rights, particularly women’s rights, for over 25 years, she has been a facilitator \/ trainer and mobilization agent in education for responsible citizenship. She has provided technical support to numerous socio-community organizations, women’s associations and youth associations in various municipalities of the Republic of Haiti. Former Director General of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Women’s Rights (MCFDF), she has also worked as a consultant and advisor on various technical and \/ or political issues in her expertise for local and international institutions. As a researcher in social sciences, she works on public policies, social movements (particularly women’s movements), gender relations, population and local development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaïka Sondarjee (editor) criticizes North \/ South inequalities from an anti-capitalist, anti-colonial and feminist viewpoint. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and she is an assistant professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her first book (Perdre le Sud. Décoloniser la Solidarité Internationale, 2020) was nominated for the Prix des Libraires du Québec. She is also a regular contributor for the Canadian newspaper Le Devoir. Maïka is co-editor of this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEddy Michel YAO is a candidate for the master’s degree in International Development and Humanitarian Action Management at the Université Laval. He is originally from the Ivory Coast and is currently a volunteer project manager in Senegal. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Graduate Diploma in Management from HEC, Montreal. He is particularly interested in north–south relations and African issues. He is at the service of communities in the south in order to build a more equitable world and develop their resilience in the face of crises situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHikmatullah Kharoti (front cover design) is a still and motion designer at Da Afghanistan Bank (Central Bank of Afghanistan) and holds an associate degree in graphic design. He was born in Helmand, Afghanistan. His recent works focus on digital payment and how to make Afghanistan cashless and free from fraud. He has given presentations to the President of Afghanistan, H.E. Ashraf Ghani, on TV Ads, motion videos, social media designs, print designs and narration. He was presented the creative designer award by H. E. Ajmal Ahmadi, governor of Central Bank of Afghanistan (DAB) and awarded the Future plan: ‘To Make a World Where no one Become Someone’ fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Daraja Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41075025477725,"sku":"9781990263187","price":35.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/White_Saviourism-scaled.jpg?v=1687458918"},{"product_id":"a-revolutionary-for-our-time-the-walter-rodney-story","title":"A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWalter Rodney was a scholar, working class militant, and revolutionary from Guyana. Strongly influenced by Marxist ideas, he remains central to radical Pan-Africanist thought for large numbers of activists’ today. Rodney lived through the failed –though immensely hopeful -socialist experiments in the 1960s and 1970s, in Tanzania and elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book critically considers Rodney's contribution to Marxist theory and history, his relationship to dependency theory and the contemporary significance of his work in the context of movements and politics today. The first full-length study of Rodney’s life, this book is an essential introduction to Rodney's work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Zeilig is not stretching when he calls Rodney, 'A revolutionary for our time.'\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Zeilig has done a remarkable job in researching and organizing the text into one detailed book that provides the greatest insight into the life and work of Walter Rodney from primary sources...Zeilig writes: ‘What we see in the Archive — and what I have tried to capture in this book – is Rodney’s exhaustive historical work and scholarship.’ He has been very successful in doing just that. This book is a very interesting and informative read.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eReview of African Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a welcome addition to the composition on the life and death of Walter Rodney and deals with the cover up of his assassination in the most authentic way since the C of I report of 2016.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Donald Rodney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeo Zeilig is a writer and researcher. He has written extensively on African politics and history, including books on working-class struggle and the development of revolutionary movements and biographies on some of Africa’s most important political thinkers and activists. Leo is an editor of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Review of African Political Economy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the radical African-studies journal founded by activists and scholars in 1974—and a research associate at the Society, Work and Development Institute (SWOP) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seeing, listening to or reading Walter Rodney, before and after his unfortunate death, something always puzzled and stayed with me – The How of Walter Rodney. How did this relatively young brother from a small Caribbean nation gain such a vast world view? How was he able to grasp the conditions of the Pan African world so firmly and translate those conditions through his socialist worldview? How was Rodney able to move so fluidly through communities in the Caribbean, the US, the UK, Africa and literally the whole of the Pan African world? How was he accepted and loved as kin in all of those communities? And how did he become the number one target of a Guyanese government desperately plotting to end his life? And of late, my big one, how does Walter Rodney still endure timelessly in the immediate consciousness of so many Pan-African activists and thinkers today?  Without fail Leo Zeilig’s enduring \u003cem\u003eA Revolutionary for Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e answered these and so many other “how's” beyond my considerations.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Paul Coates, Black Classic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through exacting research, exacting presentation, and careful analysis, Leo Zeilig offers a remarkable contribution to radical thought and practice worthy of Walter Rodney's legacy.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Olufemi Taiwo, assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and author of \u003cem\u003eReconsidering Reparations\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjEzNzMwIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/elite-capture-how-the-powerful-took-over-identity-politics-and-everything-else\" title=\"Elite Capture\"\u003eElite Capture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"Leo Zeilig takes readers through the choices that Walter Rodney made. Choices both small and large, but all taking Rodney to the heights of scholarship, organization, family, comradeship. Zeilig offers a compelling narrative and an incisive analysis of Rodney’s ferocious commitments to revolutionary change. This is a fascinating and vital study of Rodney’s life.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Diane C. Fujino, professor and author,\u003cem\u003e Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"The Black Lives Matter movement’s embrace of radical and pan-Africanist ideas has introduced Walter Rodney to a new generation of activists. A Revolutionary for Our Time is an urgently-needed contribution, one that situates the importance of Rodney’s Marxism, his life and work, in working-class and anti-racist struggle. It is a must-read account of a revolutionary who understood that nothing short of socialism could bring liberation.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Lee Wengraf, author, \u003cem\u003eExtracting Profit: Imperialism, Neoliberalism, and the New Scramble for Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"This is a splendid narrative of Walter Rodney’s legendary life and work across three continents. Leo Zeilig’s singular achievement is to have brilliantly located Rodney, the Black Power Marxist, at the intersection of the politics of radical nationalism and visionary socialism that suffused the pan-African world in the 60s and 70s. An unforgettable read.'’ \u003cstrong\u003e—Issa Shivji, Emeritus Professor, University of Dar es Salaam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\"A Revolutionary for Our Time is both timely and necessary. Through Walter Rodney's ideas and actions, it engages the weighty issues of the current moment. More than a biography of a remarkable individual, we get the optics of a family committed to radical, worldwide transformation and the crosscurrent of people who embraced them as well as the local-global networks of power they dared to challenge.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Kwasi Konadu, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowed Chair, Colgate University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e}“The book connects Rodney's thinking to his lived experiences across the world and the decades in which he lived. At a time when context is particularly essential, Zeilig's book provides an essential narrative that situates Rodney not only in the history of revolutionary thought, but also at our contemporary moment, arguing that Rodney's ideas make him a revolutionary not only for his but for our time.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Erin MacLeod, Vanier College\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41141335654493,"sku":"9781642595819","price":32.13,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/9781642595819-f_medium-7da47fbb941821b1989935070e5cfb0e.jpg?v=1692888618"},{"product_id":"abundance","title":"Abundance","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulia is an American medical doctor fleeing her own privileged background todeliver health care to remote African communities, where her skills really make a difference. 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This book reflects on the surveillance, harassment and infiltration that pervades the lives of activists, organizations and movements that are labelled as 'threats to national security'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eActivists and scholars from the UK, South Africa, Canada, the US, Australia and Aotearoa\/New Zealand expose disturbing stories of political policing to question what lies beneath state surveillance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblematizing the social amnesia that exists within progressive political networks and supposed liberal democracies, Activists and the Surveillance State shows that ultimately, movements can learn from their own repression, developing a critical and complex understanding of the nature of states, capital and democracy today that can inform the struggles of tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An important intervention that moves us beyond assessments of the scale and scope of surveillance and securitisation to reflect on lessons learned from multiple global resistance movements. The contributions in this book prompt us to consider possibilities for more hopeful futures.\" Nisha Kapoor, author of \u003cem\u003eDeport, Deprive, Extradite: 21st Century State Extremism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Activists in social movements and others challenging the prevailing socio-economic and political structures will find in this book invaluable lessons and an effective antidote to the harassment, infiltration and ‘dirty tricks’ of agencies that uphold the interests of the corporate and political elite.\" Salim Vally, University of Johannesburg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Activists and the Surveillance State\u003c\/em\u003e is a wide-ranging exploration of collective organizing in response to state and corporate surveillance. The book’s rich discussion of what movements have learned–and failed to learn–about how surveillance works makes it a crucial reference for scholars and activists alike.\" Arun Kundnani, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Muslims Are Coming\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"By asking us to consider different histories of knowledge production and resistance, this book provides a nuanced and timely intervention in our ongoing reflections on confrontations with state security, and how they can be used for advancing radical political alternatives.\" Dr Lina Dencik, Cardiff University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This important collection draws critical attention to the harms of state surveillance and police power, and how this power has been challenged and resisted by ordinary citizens. It is a must-read for activists, community organisers, and scholars alike.\" Waqas Tufail, Leeds Beckett University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-primary-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-panels\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"contents\" class=\"book-panel\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"toc\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003ePart I\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLessons learnt, lessons lost: Pedagogies of repression, thoughtcrime, and the sharp edge of state power\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAziz Choudhry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe surveillance state: A composition in four movements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRadha D’Souza\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eActivist learning and state dataveillance: Lessons from the UK, Mauritius and South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Duncan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003ePart II\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eComing of age under surveillance: South Asian, Arab and Afghan American youth and post-9\/11 activism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunaina Maira\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eASIO and the Australia–Timor-Leste solidarity movement, 1974–79\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBob Boughton\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe plantation-to-plant-to-prison pipeline\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Austin interviewed by Aziz Choudry\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eForgetting national security in ‘Canada’: Towards pedagogies of resistance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGary Kinsman\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePrevent as far-right Trojan horse: The creeping radicalisation of the UK national security complex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNafeez Ahmed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePolitical policing in the UK: A personal perspective\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Apple\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSpies wide shut: Responses and resistance to the national security state in Aotearoa New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eValerie Morse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003ePart III\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-label\"\u003e11\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"toc-value\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eUndercover research: Academics, activists and others investigate political 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Such questions are not of importance for Africans or people who are interested in African politics alone: they concern questions that face activists everywhere. Therefore this history and analysis deserves much wider circulation. Readers who may have knowledge of one part of Africa will gain from the detailed analysis of countries that they are less familiar with.\" —Charlie Kimber, \u003ci\u003eSocialist Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41141336080477,"sku":"9781608461202","price":23.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/71WdOwwJhRL.jpg?v=1694108865"},{"product_id":"apartheid-israel-the-politics-of-an-analogy","title":"Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"facts-addl-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy\u003c\/i\u003e, eighteen scholars of Africa and its diaspora reflect on the similarities and differences between apartheid-era South Africa and contemporary Israel, with an eye to strengthening and broadening today’s movement for justice in Palestine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include Andy Clarno, Bill Freund, Mahmood Mamdani, Heidi Grunebaum, Shireen Hassim, Sean Jacobs, Robin D. G. Kelley, Arianna Lissoni, Achille Mbembe, Marissa Moorman, Jon Soske, T.J. Tallie, Salim Vally.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"other_contributors\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"press_clippings\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"section-title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title\"\u003e\"A South African who is not white does not need more than one day's stay in Palestine to be thrown back to pre-1994 and realize that apartheid is very much alive under Israel as a colonial power. While governments continue to certify Israel's blatant disregard for Palestinian life and international law, activism by ordinary citizens around the world in solidarity with the Palestinians is intensifying. Global, mass protests against Israel's military attacks and the growth of support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign are promising steps in the right direction. The essays in \u003ci\u003eApartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully remind those of us who brought down the apartheid regime in South Africa that we must join with our Palestinian brothers and sisters in their fight to bring down the apartheid regime in Israel.”\u003cb\u003e Ahmed Kathrada, Veteran Anti-Aparthied activist and former Robben Island political prisoner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Offering more thoughtful questions than easy answers, this collection of essays aims to redefine our approach to the Israeli system of militarized racial discrimination and its relationship to South African apartheid. One of the recurring and most valuable issues probed by the collection is what the South African experience might tell us not only about the present situation in Palestine, but also about various possible paths towards a just peace.\" \u003cb\u003e–Saree Makdisi, UCLA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The shadow of the anti-apartheid movement hangs over the BDS movement. This edited collection gives body to that shadow, making plain the useful lessons of a successful struggle to the aggravating occupation of the Palestinians.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkwMDIifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/vijay-prashad\" title=\"Vijay Prashad\"\u003eVijay Prashad\u003c\/a\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eLetters to Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The occupation of Palestine is the biggest moral scandal of our times, one of the most dehumanizing ordeals of the century we have just entered, and the biggest act of cowardice of the last half-century. And since all they are willing to offer is a fight to the finish, since what they are willing to do is to go all the way—carnage, destruction, incremental extermination—the time has come for global isolation.\"\u003cb\u003e Achille Mbembe, from the foreword\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A South African who is not white does not need more than one day's stay in Palestine to be thrown back to pre-1994 and realize that apartheid is very much alive under Israel as a colonial power. While governments continue to certify Israel's blatant disregard for Palestinian life and international law, activism by ordinary citizens around the world in solidarity with the Palestinians is intensifying. Global, mass protests against Israel's military attacks and the growth of support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign are promising steps in the right direction. The essays in \u003cem\u003eApartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy\u003c\/em\u003e powerfully remind those of us who brought down the apartheid regime in South Africa that we must join with our Palestinian brothers and sisters in their fight to bring down the apartheid regime in Israel.”\u003cstrong\u003e Ahmed Kathrada, Veteran Anti-Aparthied activist and former Robben Island political prisoner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Offering more thoughtful questions than easy answers, this collection of essays aims to redefine our approach to the Israeli system of militarized racial discrimination and its relationship to South African apartheid. One of the recurring and most valuable issues probed by the collection is what the South African experience might tell us not only about the present situation in Palestine, but also about various possible paths towards a just peace.\"\u003cstrong\u003e Saree Makdisi, UCLA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The shadow of the anti-apartheid movement hangs over the BDS movement. This edited collection gives body to that shadow, making plain the useful lessons of a successful struggle to the aggravating occupation of the Palestinians.\"\u003cstrong\u003e Vijay Prashad, editor of \u003cem\u003eLetters to Palestine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The occupation of Palestine is the biggest moral scandal of our times, one of the most dehumanizing ordeals of the century we have just entered, and the biggest act of cowardice of the last half-century. And since all they are willing to offer is a fight to the finish, since what they are willing to do is to go all the way—carnage, destruction, incremental extermination—the time has come for global isolation.\"\u003cstrong\u003e Achille Mbembe, from the foreword\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41141336997981,"sku":"9781608465187","price":27.93,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/61DlkIi76lL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1694108958"},{"product_id":"bombardier-abroad-patterns-of-dispossession","title":"Bombardier Abroad: Patterns of Dispossession","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilding on a growing and robust interest in the roles of Canadian corporations operating abroad, David P. Thomas offers a critical analysis of the aerospace giant Bombardier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBombardier Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e, Thomas examines several cases of Bombardier's work in the high-speed rail sector in South Africa, Israel\/Palestine and China\/Tibet and argues that these projects are deepening existing social and political tensions. Thomas illustrates the ways in which the corporation is inserting itself into highly contested social and political climates and how the rail projects are a form of infrastructure that entrenches and exacerbates existing conditions of dispossession and inequality. Thomas also examines the various ways in which the Canadian state supports the work of Bombardier in these countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentred around a theoretical framework that combines concepts of dispossession, political economy and important interventions from the field of settler colonial studies on the topic of colonial dispossession, \u003cem\u003eBombardier Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e is a critical look at the problematic practices of a Canadian corporation and the ways in which the Canadian state is culpable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid P. Thomas is an associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Mount Allison University, on unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Mi’kmaw Peoples. His teaching and research interests focus on the role of Canadian actors abroad and on international political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: block;\" class=\"collapsing-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toc-title\"\u003eBombardier, the Canadian State, and Dispossession\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toc-title\"\u003eThe China-Tibet Case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toc-title\"\u003eThe South African Case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toc-title\"\u003eThe Israel\/Palestine Case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toc-title\"\u003eConclusion: Political Implications and Moving Forward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toc-title\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"toc-title\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fernwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41141337981021,"sku":"9781773630298","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/81A1JALKibL._AC_UF894_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1694109101"},{"product_id":"class-struggle-and-resistance-in-africa","title":"Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003eThis collection of essays and interviews studies class struggle and social empowerment on the African continent.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003eEmploying Marxist theory to address the postcolonial problems of several different countries, experts analyze such issues as the renewal of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt, debt relief, trade union movements, and strike action. Includes interviews with leading African socialists and activists.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003eWith contributions from Leo Zeilig, David Seddon, Anne Alexander, Dave Renton, Ahmad Hussein, Jussi Vinnikka, Femi Aborisade, Miles Larmer, Austin Muneku, Peter Dwyer, Trevor Ngwane, Munyaradzi Gwisai, Tafadzwa Choto, and Azwell Banda.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003eLeo Zeilig coordinated the independent media center in Zimbabwe during the presidential elections of 2002 and, prior to this, worked as a lecturer at Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal. He then worked for three years as a lecturer and researcher at Brunel University, moving later to the Center of Sociological Research at the University of Johannesburg. He has written on the struggle for democratic change, social movements, and student activism in sub-Saharan Africa. Zeilig is co-author of\u003cem\u003e The Congo: Plunder and Resistance 1880–2005.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"facts-addl-detail\"\u003e\"[An] excellent collection.\" \u003cem\u003eSocialist Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"facts-addl-detail\"\u003e\"Read this for inspiration, for the sense that we are part of a world movement.\" \u003cem\u003eSocialist Worker\u003c\/em\u003e (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"facts-addl-detail\"\u003e\"Grab this book. Highly recommended.\" Tokumbo Oke,\u003cem\u003e Bookmarks Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"facts-addl-detail\"\u003e\"Cutting-edge.\" Patrick Bond\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41141338407005,"sku":"9781931859684","price":23.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/9781931859684-f_medium-8d30239ddb517ead806b792c99bfba19.jpg?v=1694632203"},{"product_id":"fanon-today","title":"Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrantz Fanon died sixty years ago in December 1961. In less than a decade, from 1952 to 1961, he wrote three books (\u003cem\u003eBlack Skin White Masks\u003c\/em\u003e, (1952), \u003cem\u003eA Dying Colonialism\u003c\/em\u003e (1959) and \u003cem\u003eThe Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e (1961)) that have become recognized as classics of decolonization. After nearly four years working at Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in colonial Algeria, he officially joined the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) and began working full-time for the Algerian revolution while continuing his work as a psychiatrist in Tunis, where he opened a day hospital in 1958. Later, he became part of the Provisional Algerian Government (GPRA) as Ambassador to Ghana and represented the GPRA across West and North Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e reflected his ongoing philosophy about liberation. What would become “The Pitfalls of National Consciousness” was presented to the National Liberation Army at Ghardimao on the Algerian-Tunisian border. Notes from psychiatric cases, as well as his critique of the Algeria school of ethnopsychiatry, would be reframed in the chapter, “Colonial Wars and Mental Disorders,” and his presentation at The Congress of Black Writers and Artists conference in Rome was included in his chapter “On National Culture.” The presentation opened with the words, “each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf these words are but one expression of the Fanonian measure, then the ideas this book offers revolve around the importance of Fanon thought to the various peoples and cultures being subjugated by colonialization. How can Fanon help them in their quest to be free from subjugation? Alongside the courage of all those participating in these movements, counter-revolution, most brutally seen in its almost permanent state in Syria, aided by global and regional powers, demands a real reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFanon was one of the first theorists of the anticolonial revolution to warn that the counter-revolution was not simply external. It is importantly internal and often aided by neo-colonial forces. Fanon found that one of the greatest weaknesses of anticolonial movements was their failure to consider, let alone create, a genuinely decolonized society, because they lacked an explicit revolutionary-humanist philosophy grounded in the experience of the masses. The tragedy of the anticolonial struggles, Fanon argues, is framed by the macro-political outlooks of the anticolonial movement leaders, and by the intellectuals who fetishize political power and see taking over the colonial apparatus as their prize. Fanon’s insights have proved essential to our understanding of the failure of countless anticolonial struggles. From our present retrogressive reality, this book demands that we recast our vision and ask: What might this generation of intellectual revolutionaries and social movements ask of Fanon, and what might have Fanon asked of them?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf we wish to move forward, everything, Fanon writes in \u003cem\u003eThe Wretched\u003c\/em\u003e, needs to be thought out again, and new beginnings should be fashioned in line with those caught up in local struggles. This return to the \u003cem\u003epeople\u003c\/em\u003e is by no means transparent, Fanon warns, because demoralization has been buried deep by years of colonization. He insists that “the sense of time must no longer be that of the moment or the next harvest but rather that of \u003cem\u003ethe rest of the world\u003c\/em\u003e.”  Fanon’s sharp critique of the wreckage wrought in the name of humanity does not tempt him to reject ideas of humanism as the master’s tools; rather, his quest, “new humanism,” is evoked throughout his work and makes especially relevant arguments for radical activists who are committed to promoting social change, dignity and equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixty years is a long time in the afterlife of any thinker, and for Fanon, who was for many years dismissed not only as a humanist and advocate of violence but also as simply \u003cem\u003epassé\u003c\/em\u003e, the veracity and indeed recent popularity of his thought has been reflected in both the new editions and translations of his work. This collection will further develop some of the latest thinking on Fanon by asking questions from another standpoint—as Fanon called it, the “rationality of revolt.” Fanon reminds us in \u003cem\u003eThe Wretched of the Earth \u003c\/em\u003ethat the anticolonial intellectuals, enamoured with state politics and state power as the object of politics, often deny these movements any traction. At best, popular revolts are viewed as supporters for elitist plans, so, as Fanon puts it, any criticisms become quickly silenced. What unites the attitudes of some left critics, as well as those of local and state governments, is the idea that the poor cannot speak for themselves; indeed, when they speak out they must be speaking for other interests and forces. The nationalist intellectuals, Fanon argues, is incapable of rationalizing popular praxis because of their “incapacity to attribute it any reason” (2004: 97).  This idea is essential to Fanon’s critique in \u003cem\u003eThe Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, as he emphasizes a dialectical relationship between thought and activity. This is the essence of what I have called “Fanonian practices.” In \u003cem\u003eFanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo\u003c\/em\u003e I argued that just as revolutionary thought and the development of new concepts in conversation with Fanon, such as Black Consciousness in South Africa, can give radical action its direction, mass movements, often from outside of the realm of the political give direction to radical theoreticians. The engagements with Fanon in \u003cem\u003eFanon Today: The Revolt and Reason of the Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e begins from these spaces—by shifting the geography of reason to the revolt of the discounted and marginalized. This collection will ask and answer the question: How can Fanon help think through and understand the myriad global crises we confront?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Rising of the Damned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART I. FANONIAN MILITANTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. The Particular Lived Experience of the Black in Portugal\u003cbr\u003e Flavio Zenun Almada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Black Mind in Motion\u003cbr\u003e Gene Reid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Setting Afoot of a New People: Prison Intellectuals, New Afrikan Communism and the Making of Meditations on Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth\u003cbr\u003e Toussaint Losier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Looking for Justice in a Compartmentalized World: Mothers and Police Killings in Kenya\u003cbr\u003e Wangui Kimari\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. From ‘Caliban’ to ‘Cockroaches’: The Construction of Profane Space, Wretched Others and Political Agency in a Postcolonial ‘Ghetto’ Johannah-Rae Reyes and Levi Gahman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The Power of Abahlali and Our Living Politic Has Been Built with Our Blood\u003cbr\u003e S’bu Zikode\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Fanon and Palestine: The struggle for justice as the core of mental health\u003cbr\u003e Samah Jabr and Elizabeth Berger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Reading the Term ’White Syrian’ through Fanon: An Anti-Colorist Feminist Critique\u003cbr\u003e Razan Ghazzawi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Voice of the Revolution: Radio and Women’s Empowerment\u003cbr\u003e Annette Rimmer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART II. STILL FANON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Pakistan The Immediacy of Frantz Fanon\u003cbr\u003e Ayyaz Mallick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. All Quiet in this Non-Settler-Postcolony\u003cbr\u003e Ato Sekyi-Otu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. The Still Wretched of the Earth: A Critique of Imaginary Decoloniza- tion\u003cbr\u003e David Pavón-Cuéllar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Of Signs, Symptoms, and Stereotypes: Fanon, Institutional Racism, and Institutional Subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e Miraj U. Desai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Fanon, Movement and Self-Movement\u003cbr\u003e Nigel C. Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART III. FANONIAN PRACTICES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection A: Fanonian Homes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. When Black Liberation Mattered: Frantz Fanon in the Theory and Practice of Pan-Africanism in the Black Power Era, 1965-1975\u003cbr\u003e Lou Turner and Kurtis Kelley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. Fanon, Postcolonial Criticism and Theory: Notes in Latin American Contexts\u003cbr\u003e Alejandro de Oto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. “‘Ó Bhun Aníos’: The Irish Language Revival in the North of Ireland Power, Resistance and Decolonisation\u003cbr\u003e Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Generals to the Dustbin, Algeria Will Be Independent The New Alger- ian Revolution as a Fanonian Moment\u003cbr\u003e Hamza Hamouchene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19. Discussing Fanon\u003cbr\u003e Abahlali baseMjondolo and Nigel C. Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection B: Fanonian Practices in Brazil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20. The Influence of Frantz Fanon’s Thought on Black Female Intellectual Production in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e Rosemere Ferreira da Silva\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21. The Wretched by COVID-19 and the Colonial Faces of Black Genocide in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e Deivison Faustino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22. Territorializing Existence as Resistance: a Fanonian Reading on the Munduruku and the Riverside Peoples Collective Self-determination Processes in Amazonia\u003cbr\u003e Léa Tosold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It is entirely fitting that in this fine book, those engaged in the radical praxis of healing are movements that are subverting the institutions of private property as a path to an emancipated society. Fanon’s legacy today is kept alive in their struggle.\" \u003cstrong\u003eRaj Patel\u003c\/strong\u003e, Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary spirit lives on\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\"Coming sixty years after the publication of The Wretched of the Earth and his death from leukemia at the age of 36, Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth, edited by activist and scholar Nigel Gibson, provides a solid overview of the relevance of Frantz Fanon to the work of those of us who still believe that a just and humane world is both necessary and possible. Throughout the volume the contributors provide space and examples of a Fanonist development of radical humanism, which provides for the psychological development of the person within the context of consciousness raising, collective action and structural change. Through a variety of examples, the book also clearly demonstrates the fact that the agents of change do not simply have to be the usual suspects of the industrial working class but includes – and must include – the peasantry and the various manifestations of the lumpenproletariat. As noted by Gibson, “Fanon’s new humanism is a politics of becoming, based on the fundamental transformation of paralyzed Black and colonized subjects into new human beings through the liberation struggle” (p. 300). Timothy Wild, \u003cstrong\u003eReview of African Political Economy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Dec 6, 2021.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This monumental compendium of cosmopolitical provocations and decolonial insights does more than just correct the misreadings that have threatened recently to engulf and mystify Fanon’s work. These exhilarating essays and commentaries put his incendiary contribution back where it belongs: in the insurgent speculations and reconstructive efforts of creative thinkers struggling to transform the imperiled predicament of our planet.\" \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Gilroy,\u003c\/strong\u003e founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Race and Racism at University College London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a wonderful book. It succeeds in extracting Fanon’s thought (the \u003cem\u003eWretched\/Damned of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e in particular) from the realms of academia, Cultural Studies and Afropessimism and to locate it squarely where it originally belonged: within the domain of political practice, outside of which it makes very little sense. In academic reading, one remains a prisoner of the limits of the text itself; in a political reading, the text becomes a vehicle for addressing the problems raised by active militancy. Gibson has succeeded in bringing together an international array of brilliant contributors who all prove to be eloquent witnesses to the continued relevance of Fanonian concepts—such as the Manichean character of (neo)colonialism and racism, the corrupt nature of the so-called ‘national bourgeoisie’ and the continued relevance of ‘national consciousness’—in the contemporary expanded reproduction of racial capitalism on a world scale. What is particularly fascinating is the way in which intense studies of Fanon’s writings within the United States carceral system and South African informal settlements among other locations have enabled the production of political thought that takes Fanonian dialectical categories beyond their original subjective context, into concrete political practices combining the necessary experiences of particular struggles with conceptions of universal freedom. This is a militant work for militant readers.\u003cstrong\u003e\" Michael Neocosmos\u003c\/strong\u003e, Emeritus Professor in Humanities, Rhodes University, South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"no-indent\"\u003e\"There is not one time, not one aspect of the world’s experience, that does not give credence to Fanon’s precepts. Our collective human history has taught us that the human  is bound to face attempts to crush her or his integrity, to condemn them to despicable exploitation, treacherous oppression. It is in the very nature of that experience that we have learned how Fanon shall never die. For his precepts and action remain always universally relevant. This is also what Fanon Today affirms. The book is fundamentally relevant and useful. It reminds us that in the face of exploitation and repression, the human and the humanist will always find ways to combat those. Dense and eclectic, strategically thought out and organized, critically stimulating, this book is as incisive as it is compelling.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eHanétha Véte-Congolo\u003c\/strong\u003e, President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"no-indent\"\u003e\"In this collective labor of love of the here and the now, voices of the damned—that pathologized, incarcerated, and evicted majority of the world’s population—rise! From Algeria to Brazil, Ireland to Kenya, Palestine to Portugal, South Africa to Trinidad and beyond, they are breathing life into and actively humanizing our precious and oh-so-fragile earth. Meeting brutal structural violence with the courageous construction of democratizing institutions that nurture mental health, well-being, and solidarity, Fanonian praxis emerges in each chapter. Evincing a thoughtful agency that questions everything, the volume forges new relations spanning generations and locales. Through it, sixty years since the publication of \u003cem\u003eLes damnés de la terre\u003c\/em\u003e, Fanon’s insights reach out to us, beckoning us to carry on the tireless work of building a world of the “we.”\u003cstrong\u003e\" Jane Anna Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eStatelessness and Contemporary Enslavement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"no-indent\"\u003e\"Coming out of the pandemic, the greatest challenge is how we express our anger, how we make it a \u003cem\u003edigna rabia\u003c\/em\u003e, a “dignified rage”, as the Zapatistas say. Fanon must be part of the answer. This magnificent collection of essays helps us to focus our minds on that challenge, to direct our anger to the task of making a different world. An important book, an exciting book.\u003cstrong\u003e\" John Holloway\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eWe are the Crisis of Capital: A John Holloway Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"no-indent\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, edited and cordinated by Nigel C Gibson, gives the opportunity to several intellectuals and activists with different backgrounds from Brazil to Algeria, from Pakistan to South Africa, to tell how the struggle against injustice and racism inscribe itself into the continuity of the Fanonian visionary legacy. Not to be missed! \u003cstrong\u003e\" Hassane Mezine\u003c\/strong\u003e, Photographer, Film Director of \u003cem\u003eFanon hier, aujourd’hui\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"no-indent\"\u003e\"This is an indispensable book. It brings together many among the overlooked communities for whom Fanon actually wrote—the dispossessed, the downtrodden, the organic voices rising from the depths of misery on the verge of despair. What better way to commemorate the six decades since the publication of Les damnés de la terre than to remind readers of that great work that the people in solidarity with whom its ideas were generated not only speak but also write? Read and learn from these voices as, in those proverbial revolutionary words, the struggle continues.\u003cstrong\u003e\" Lewis R. Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eFreedom, Justice, and Decolonization\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eFanon \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"__postbox-detected-content __postbox-detected-date\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e Nigel Gibson brings to life the Fanonian project of exploring the implications of radical theory in contemporary sites of struggles. This groundbreaking book commemorates the \u003cspan class=\"__postbox-detected-content __postbox-detected-date\"\u003e60th\u003c\/span\u003e anniversary of the Wretched of the Earth by exploring its significance in the work of intellectuals and organizers active in radical social movements.  Fanon Today is a timely book about the turbulent present and its connections to the long history of racial capitalism.  It is a landmark addition to the field of Fanonian studies and an absolutely necessary reading for anyone interested in decolonial thought and social movements.\u003cstrong\u003e\" Yasser Munif\u003c\/strong\u003e, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Syrian Revolution: Between the Politics of Life and the Geopolitics of Death\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"no-indent\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Fanon Today\u003c\/em\u003e does not just bring Fanon into the immediate present, it also restores Fanon as a thinker of praxis, of organisation and struggle. There are a growing number of attempts to retrieve Fanon’s thought from its immediate historical context and put it to work in the present. But there are very few that show much interest in the fact that most of Fanon’s work was produced and grounded within struggle, within popular struggle. In keeping with Fanon’s own internationalism his thought is brought into struggles in Palestine, Pakistan, Ireland, South Africa, Kenya, the prisons in the United States and more. The worldliness of the work gathered here speaks, implicitly but lucidly, to the spirit of a thinker who was, always, in motion towards the world. Edited by Nigel Gibson, a leading Fanon scholar, including work by a group of exciting younger thinkers, and graced by a contribution from Ato Sekyi-Otu, also one of the best Fanon scholars, and a singular philosophical presence in the examination of the contemporary African condition, the book has real intellectual heft. It is essential reading for anyone who aims to engage Fanon as a comrade in struggle rather than solely as an interlocutor in more isolated and abstracted forms of academic theorizing.\" \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Pithouse\u003c\/strong\u003e, Editor, \u003cem\u003eNew Frame\u003c\/em\u003e and author of \u003cem\u003eBeing Human After 1492\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Fanon Today\u003c\/em\u003e is a dense and rich text written by authors from across the world interested in examining societal unrest and oppression through the lens of Fanon’s ideas. In the introduction, Gibson notes that Fanon’s Les Damnés de la Terre still resonates, 60 years after publication, due to the multiple crises we face and the realities of ‘those struggling not only to survive but also be free’. … the focus on mental health is woven through- out, as it examines the impact that colonialism and imperialism have on the individual and collective psyches of oppressed communities. 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